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Re:The Most Dangerous Code in the Web Browser by nallerooth on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @02:16AM (#10001942)
One part of the problem is that most of the extensions are updated silently in the background. Some extensions fire up a new tab with a page displaying new features and such, but this is not a requirement in any way.
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Re:The Most Dangerous Code in the Web Browser by deian on Tuesday August 04, 2015 @02:33AM (#10001973)
Even worse, they only update if they don't need any additional permissions. Thus incentivizing developers to ask for more permissions up front.
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